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Jason Bateman to direct supernatural-western The Pinkerton

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Having directed the two best episodes of underrated Stephen King adaptation The Outsider, as well as winning an Emmy Award in 2019 for his behind-the-camera work on Netflix’s Ozark, Jason Bateman is set to helm his first film since 2015 with supernatural revenge-western The Pinkerton.  According to Deadline Warner Bros. have tapped the Arrested Development […]

Michael Giacchino to make feature debut with reboot of 50s monster movie Them!

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Academy-Award winning composer Michael Giacchino is set to continue his creative evolution from the orchestral pit to the director’s chair by helming a reboot of 1954 monster-movie Them! for Warner Bros.  As per Deadline’s report, Giacchino will follow-up his impressive small-screen debut on Marvel’s Werewolf by Night with a take on the classic creature-feature Them! […]

Bong Joon-Ho introduces us to Robert Pattinson’s Mickey 17 in teaser for new sci-fi

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Warner Bros. has delivered us an early Christmas present by dropping the teaser for Academy Award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-Ho’s next film Mickey 17, which features Robert Pattinson as the lead and will debut in cinemas on March 29, 2024. Based on the novel written by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows an individual known as an […]

Middle-earth: Shadow of War casts over London

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Orcs, Drakes, Caragors, and even Talion himself cast their shadows over London last night, celebrating the release of Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Maybe you subliminally saw the ‘Shadow-vert’ shadow-casting projections and suddenly found yourself at a midnight launch, wondering what could have brought you there. It’s also possible you were rounded up by nearby orcs and […]

Rumour: Zack Snyder and Warner Bros having “lots of fights” over Justice League and the DCEU

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It’s been a rough few months for Zack Snyder and Warner Bros in the lead up and the subsequent release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Despite making $850 million worldwide, the film was destroyed by critics and audiences and its looking to be a huge money loss for the studio against its giant production […]

Zack Snyder teases Wonder Woman’s role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, hints at Brainiac as a future villain

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Just a few days ago thanks to Entertainment Weekly we got a bunch of new images from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (see here and here) and as part of their ongoing exclusive the magazine has been speaking to director Zack Snyder. In the extensive interview amongst other things Snyder teased that Gal Gadot’s […]

Keanu Reeves returning for Constantine sequel as HBO Max passes on J.J. Abrams series

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Having made no secret of their desire to reunite for a sequel to the 2005 supernatural thriller over the past few years, star Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence have got their wish as Warner Bros. has given the go ahead to a Constantine sequel. Deadline broke the news, revealing that Reeves is officially on […]

Is Warner Bros.’ Batgirl cancellation the best thing to happen to the DCEU?

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Anghus Houvouras on Warner Bros.’ decision to cancel Batgirl and the ramifications for DC Films… Streaming services are struggling as they try to steer their ships out of stormy seas. Subscriptions are down. Operating costs are up. Competition is at an all time high. Now executives are making difficult decisions that will impact the future […]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Shazam! Fury of the Gods move release dates… again

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Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom and Shazam! Fury of the Gods are once again doing the release date shuffle, with Warner Bros. bumping their superhero tentpoles to 2023.  Both blockbusters have already been shunted around the calendar, most recently Shazam! Fury of the Gods was moved a few days in order to avoid clashing with […]

Dwayne Johnson pushed to keep Black Adam & Shazam origin films separate

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Black Adam and Shazam are DC Comics characters whose history dates back to 1945. For many fans, the film debut of one character should have included an appearance from the other, but the DCEU had other plans, though those plans came from an unlikely source. Recently, producer and actor Dwayne Johnson spoke to Vanity Fair […]